, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
That's okay. Thank you very much. Okay. We'll move on to Delyth, then.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Thank you. Okay?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Yes, Ruth.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Diolch, Huwel. I think it's fair to say that maybe there's a feeling that SSSIs maybe should be contributing more, given that they are designated, but, obviously, there are practical issues around that—we appreciate that. On another practical note, I'm…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Yes, Ruth.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Okay, thank you very much. Julie.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Yes, and then we'll come back to Julie.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Okay. Maybe you could write to us with a figure, because it's difficult. It's probably pretty dispersed across the organisation, I'd imagine.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Okay. Before I bring Ruth in, Janet, did you want to just make a point?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
No, it's okay.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Yes. Diolch, Huwel.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Sure. Okay. Thank you very much. Right, we'll move on now then to Julie.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Sure. Okay. Thank you. Sorry, I interjected. Ceri, do you want to come in, and I'll come back to you, Ruth, if you want to add anything?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Yes, because the dilemma here is whether there's a target on the face of the Bill, or whether there's an aspiration on the face of the Bill. You would rather headline targets.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
I'm sorry to interject. What kinds of headline targets are you thinking there? What kinds of things?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Can I ask what's your message, if you have a message to the Government, about timescales for setting those targets, because we're up against it already? In England, I think they managed to turn that around in six months. The danger is that we pass legislation…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Well, maybe I can come in on this one, then, because we've seen the proposals for the new biodiversity recovery framework in the recent White Paper, and we were just wondering—. Obviously, the Government has responded as well to people's contributions to the…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Okay. Thank you very much. I think we're coming to you next, Janet.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Ceri wants to come in as well.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Okay. Thank you very much. Carolyn.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Yes, we can.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Ruth. Hang on, Ruth, we need to unmute you first. That's done on your behalf, I believe, by one of our technical operatives—or maybe not. Could you unmute yourself, then, just in case there's a glitch? There we are.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Ceri, would you like to start?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with Natural Resources Wales
Welcome back to the committee. We are moving to our next evidence session this morning, with representatives from Natural Resources Wales. I welcome Ceri Davies, who's the executive director of evidence, policy and permitting; Ruth Jenkins, who is the head of…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with public authorities
Okay. Thank you very much. Unfortunately, the clock has beaten us. There are one or two possible areas that we might write to you about, if that’s okay, to get a response on that. But thank you very much for the evidence that you’ve given us this morning…
